[tex-live] TeXLive 2008 installation over the Internet breaks for Solaris10 x86

Werner LEMBERG wl at gnu.org
Thu Oct 9 06:52:58 CEST 2008


> GUN tar is already in S10, installed as /usr/sfw/bin/gtar. I got
> around it by making tar a temporary symlink to gtar.

What about making the installer software walk over the path, searching
for GNU tar (this is, looking for `tar' and `gtar') and prefer this if
found?  Otherwise, a warning could be emitted that the system's native
`tar' might cause problems.


    Werner


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